The viticulture and winemaking exist on the banks of the river Dniestr from immemorial times. It is hardly possible to tell who was the first to bring the vine on this fertile soil, but the historical mentions of this crop in our region can be found in many sources. Legendary Odysseus, setting off in navigation, took good wines with him. In the same poem of Homer some eleven-year-old wine is mentioned. But where did Odysseus head for? In one of his voyages he had got just on the banks of Tiras (that way the ancient Greeks called Dniestr). Probably, it was then when wine had got on the territory of present Moldavia. It was in VIII-VI centuries B.C. when the left-bank part of Transdniestria made part of structure of the Great Greek colonization. After formation of the Moldavian Principality in 1359, the high quality European varieties of grapes appeared in landlords’ and monastery estates. And Moldavia began to export its wine to Ukraine and Russia.
Maintaining age-old traditions of Moldavian winemaking, the Tiraspol Wine & Cognac Distillery “KVINT” develops its own vineyards. Each year it expands area under cultivation, planting new vines of the best European varieties. In the Dubossary region alone the area of vineyards is more than 400 hectares, and the near future we are going to increase this are to 1000 hectares.
The best grapes seedlings imported from France, Italy and Germany (from Rhein region) have perfectly acclimatized on the fertile lands in the vicinity of the village of Doibani. Picturesque landscapes, unique soil and climatic conditions, professional tendance by experts viticulturists – all this gives as a result an excellent material for new wines, prepared with the modern technological equipment from the world leaders in the industry of oenological machines.
